Feed-rack



d UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DENNIS G. HAGENBAUGII, OF CRYSTAL, MICHIGAN.

FEED-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,563, dated July 28, 1891.v

Application filed March 25, 1891. Serial No. 386|331. (No model.)

To al?, wtont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DENNIS [IAG-EN- BAUGH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Crystal, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a new and improved feed-rack, having for its object the production of cheap, simple, and highly efficient means by which the troughs of a feedrack can be readily and easily fed and access for all the sheep or other animals permitted simultaneously.

The invention comprises thedetail construction, combination, and arrangement ot' parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved feed-rack. Fig. 2 is a central transverse sectional view thereof on the line a: Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the stand orframe the two parallel sides of which are connected at their ends by cross-bars secured to the vertical bars of the sides.

B B are two parallel troughs arranged one at each side of the stand or frame A. Each trough is subdivided into a series of bins l) and is provided with a long continuous lid or cover h', hinged to the inner vertical board ot' each trough. To the lids or covers b are connected the lower ends of a cord or strap C, which at its center is passed between two small wheels or pulleys b2. secured to one of the cross-bars of the adjacent end of the frame or stand. By pulling on this cord or strap both the lids or covers can be opened simultaneously. A space or passage-way D extends the full length of the frame between the troughs, so that the operator can walk therethrough in filling the bins with feed.

E E are the cut-offs or slides, which consist each of a single long board located adjacent the inner side of each side of the frame A, and it is provided with reduced ends e, designed to fit between vertical guide-bars e',

secured to the ends of frame A and the sides of said fraine. From the centerof each board projects a vertical arm e2, which is passed beneath a guide-bar e3 and between two rollers e4 e5, located between said guide-bar and the top bar of the side of the frame to which said guide-bar is secured. A rope or strap f is connected to each eut-olf `or slide adjacent the arm e2 thereof, and the same is passed over pulley c4, which is grooved for that purpose, and is connected at its outer end to a lever F,fulcrumed on the side of frame A. Thus it will be seen that by operating the levers the cut-offs or slides can be readily raised and leave unobstructed the space between the parallel bars g, between each two of which theI sheep or other animals are permitted to gain access to the feed. The two end bars g are thickened, so that their inner surfaces form guides for the sliding boards E. When the latter are elevated, they are so held by placing the levers in a horizontal position.

A feed-rack constructed as herein described is extremely simple, cheap, and durable, and is not liable to readily get out of order orbecome deranged.

I claim as my inventionl. The herein-described feed-rack, comprising the frame having the feed-troughs, the vertically-moving slides or cut-offs having central arms, the guide-bars having rollers between which said arms are passed, and cords or straps connected to said slides or cut-offs and the operating-levers, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a frame having a feed-trough and vertical spaced-apart bars, the guide-bars secured to the ends of said frame, the slide or cut-olf consisting of a singie board having its ends working between said guide-bars and the side of the frame, the vertical arm projecting from said board, the guide-bar, the pulleys, one of which is grooved, the cord or strap secured to said board and passed over said grooved pulley, and the lever to which said cord or strap is connected, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein-described improved feedrack, consisting of the frame having a central passage-way, the parallel trough, the hinged IOO lids or covers therefor, the cord or strap oon- In testimony whereofafix my signature in nected io said lids or covers, the Wheels or presence of two Witnesses. pulleysrbetween whichV sail oord o1' strap is passed, the..vertically-moving slides or out- VDENNIS G. I'IAGJESBAUGrHA 5 os having central Vertical arms, the guidebars having rollers therein, the cords or straps Vtnesses:

connected to said Slides or eut-offs, and the JOHN YANES,

operating-levers, substantially as set forth. J. J. HERRICK. 

